How plants shape the ant community in the Amazonian rainforest canopy: The key role of extrafloral nectaries and homopteran honeydew

Oecologia

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-240

  Blüthgen, Nico ^a,f   Verhaagh, Manfred ^b   Goitía, William ^c   Jaffé, Klaus ^d   Morawetz, Wilfried ^e   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c Universidad Nacional Experimental Simon Rodriuez   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f Rainforest CRC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal plant interactions; Ant mosaics; Canopy crane; Formicidae; Philodendron

Indexed keywords

ANT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SECRETION;

ORINOCO; VENEZUELA;

AZTECA; CEPHALOTES; CREMATOGASTER; DIOCLEA; DOLICHODERUS; ECTATOMMA; FORMICIDAE; GOUPIA GLABRA; HYMENOPTERA; PHEIDOLE; PHILODENDRON; VOCHYSIA; XYLOPIA;

EID: 0033735417     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000449     Document Type: Article

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